Meet The Team

Barbara combines her extensive background and experience in the psychology of human development and potential with a keen insight into the demands of balancing the personal and the professional. She has worked with corporate executives, entrepreneurs and professional women for over twenty years.

Colleagues and clients alike hold Barbara in high esteem. Her intense and engaging style makes the possibility of sustainable change both compelling and inviting. Her passion in life is to support people in becoming the best they can be in all aspects of their lives. She is an amazing champion for personal transformation and fulfillment as well as professional success and inspired leadership.

Lisa Anne Porter is a designated Linklater voice teacher and an associate professor of voice, acting and text in the BFA program at Syracuse University. She also teaches on the faculties of the American Conservatory Theatre, California Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the Tepper Center in NYC, Shakespeare & Company and the Academy of Art University. In the corporate arena, Lisa provides voice and presentation training. She has a BA from Wesleyan University and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre

Teresa Marchese
Fitness and Nutrition Coach

A motivator and inspirer by nature and trade, Teresa Marchese is the founder of Rock Solid Fitness and Wellness, a San Francisco based Women's Health Club. After years of working a high powered "real job" where she got dressed up and wore high heels, Teresa went back to school and earned a law degree. The challenge of staying healthy and fit during law school motivated Teresa to start a business where it was required that she do so. The last decade has seen her become an expert in fitness, nutrition, body cleansing and detoxification, and overall wellness practices. Her goal is to empower women to lead extraordinary lives—to take their health into their own hands, and walk the world with strength, courage, power, beauty, and passion.

An avid traveler, Teresa seeks out her current location's most scenic trails and incorporates them into her own workout routines. Whatever her surroundings, she is challenged and inspired to design simple and effective ways to stay fit and healthy on the go. And she's here to help you do the same.

Teresa and her programs have been featured in Health Magazine, Sunset magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, KRON 4 news in San Francisco, MSNBC.com and CNN.com.